شهادة

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Arabic

Root
ش ه د (š-h-d)
Examples (the shahada)

أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللّٰهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللّهِ

Pronunciation

Noun

شَهَادَة • (šahāda) f (plural شَهَادَات (šahādāt))

  1. (uncountable) verbal noun of شَهِدَ (šahida) (form I)
  2. (law) testimony, witness
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:4:
      وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَاسِقُونَ
      wallaḏīna yarmūna l-muḥṣanāti ṯumma lam yaʔtū biʔarbaʕati šuhadāʔa fajlidūhum ṯamānīna jaldatan walā taqbalū lahum šahādatan ʔabadan waʔūlāʔika humu l-fāsiqūna
      As for those who accuse chaste women and do not bring four witnesses, strike them eighty lashes, and never accept any testimony from them after that, and they are transgressors.
  3. statement
  4. certificate, certification, testimonial, affidavit
  5. diploma
  6. (education) transcript
  7. attestation, attest
  8. credentials, identification
  9. creed; credo
  10. (Islam) shahada: the basic Islamic creed, or one of its two parts, i.e. faith in one God and in Muhammad as his prophet; collectively also called الشَّهَادَتَانِ (aš-šahādatāni)
  11. martyrdom

Declension

Declension of noun شَهَادَة (šahāda)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَهَادَة
šahāda 		الشَّهَادَة
aš-šahāda 		شَهَادَة
šahādat
Nominative شَهَادَةٌ
šahādatun 		الشَّهَادَةُ
aš-šahādatu 		شَهَادَةُ
šahādatu
Accusative شَهَادَةً
šahādatan 		الشَّهَادَةَ
aš-šahādata 		شَهَادَةَ
šahādata
Genitive شَهَادَةٍ
šahādatin 		الشَّهَادَةِ
aš-šahādati 		شَهَادَةِ
šahādati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَهَادَتَيْن
šahādatayn 		الشَّهَادَتَيْن
aš-šahādatayn 		شَهَادَتَيْ
šahādatay
Nominative شَهَادَتَانِ
šahādatāni 		الشَّهَادَتَانِ
aš-šahādatāni 		شَهَادَتَا
šahādatā
Accusative شَهَادَتَيْنِ
šahādatayni 		الشَّهَادَتَيْنِ
aš-šahādatayni 		شَهَادَتَيْ
šahādatay
Genitive شَهَادَتَيْنِ
šahādatayni 		الشَّهَادَتَيْنِ
aš-šahādatayni 		شَهَادَتَيْ
šahādatay
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَهَادَات
šahādāt 		الشَّهَادَات
aš-šahādāt 		شَهَادَات
šahādāt
Nominative شَهَادَاتٌ
šahādātun 		الشَّهَادَاتُ
aš-šahādātu 		شَهَادَاتُ
šahādātu
Accusative شَهَادَاتٍ
šahādātin 		الشَّهَادَاتِ
aš-šahādāti 		شَهَادَاتِ
šahādāti
Genitive شَهَادَاتٍ
šahādātin 		الشَّهَادَاتِ
aš-šahādāti 		شَهَادَاتِ
šahādāti

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